Nutrient Values of Organic Fertilizers

Tracey Payton
Cleveland County Horticulture Extension Educator

Nitrogen (N) Phosphorus (P) Potassium (K)

Shoots Fruits Roots
Manures
compost or delay planting at least 3 weeks, relative fresh values
Cow manure 0.5-2.0 0.2-0.9 0.5-1.5
Horse manure 0.5-2.5 0.3-2.5 0.5-3.0
Sheep manure 1.0-4.0 1.0-2.5 1.0-3.0
Rabbit manure, dry 2.3 1.4 0.8
Poultry manure 1.1-6.0 0.5-4.0 0.5-3.0
Hog manure 0.3-0.5 0.2-0.4 0.4-0.5
Bat Guano 10 3 1

Misc. Fertilizers
Burned Eggshells 0 0.5 0.3
Urea 46 0 0
Feather meal 7-12 0 0
Corn Gluten Meal 9 1 0
Alfalfa Pellets 2 1 2
Cottonseed Meal 6 0.4 1.5
Soybean Meal 7 2 1
Eggshells 1.2 0.4 0.3
Blood Meal 12 0 0
Worm Castings 0.5 0.5 0.3
Compost 1.5 - 3.5 0.5 - 1.0 1.0 - 2.0
Fish Emulsion 5 2 2
Fish Meal 10 6 2

P sources
Rock Phosphate 0 20-33 0
Bone Meal 3 15 0
Collodial Phosphate 0 17-25 0

K sources
Kelp 0 0 4-13
Wood Ash 0 1 3-7
Granite meal 0 0 3-6
Greensand 0 0 5
*adapted from Oregon State University Garden Hints, values may vary relative to source